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1997 Indie Rock Album Reissued on Vinyl LP!
On their second album, Winter Pageant, The Softies move forward with focused delight. It's the combination of Jen Sbragia (All Girl Summer Fun Band) and Rose Melberg (Tiger Trap, Gaze, Go Sailor) that molds The Softies' panoply: feathers and thorns, fawn and fearless, fable and friction.
Originally released in 1997, Winter Pageant is the drama of utter melancholia documenting the broken promises, missed phone calls, conversations stalled, love lost. Colossal tasks recorded two guitars deep, forming a new Iliad, chapters on brave deeds and the power of love on the move. You can live for love, or you could live for the splendid cascade of guitar on guitar, voice over voice: The Softies.
Winter Pageant was recorded by Stuart Hallerman (Soundgarden, KARP) at his Avast! Recording studio in Seattle, Washington.
...Their best songs are the saddest, where the guitar line suggests something falling—leaves, rain, tears, hopes. If the division between pop and rock separates people who believe in romance and people who demystify it, the Softies walk the line with gymnastic grace.
Features
- Vinyl LP
Selections
Side One:
- Pack Your Things And Go
- So Sad
- Over
- No One at All
- Tracks and Tunnels
- Excellent
- My Foolish Way
Side Two:
- The Best Days
- Fortune
- Splintered Hands
- About You
- Anywhere but Here
- Winter Pageant
- Make Up Your Mind